Starry Eyes

I use the link. I consistently and promptly receive the credit. I am notified with a new copy of my invoice showing the OBC via email.

Oh, the coolers were around before Oasis of the Seas was even a concept.

That FAQ says the booking must have been solo from the time it was created. There’s nothing about 30 days out. If you cancel the second guest yet do not receive the extra points, I don’t think you have any recourse.

So, according to this FAQ, the OP should not expect extra C&A points whether the second person on a booking is a no-show or a cancellation. I guess that means the OP should only cancel the second guest when sure a friend won’t be coming, if at all.

Our upcoming cruise was sold out, with only an occasional inside gty popping up over the couple weeks, so I did not expect my RoyalUp bids to succeed. Eight days out my RoyalUp bid for a previously sold out category was granted😀. In the closing days a few cabin are for sale, probably due the flight cancellations. Neither you nor Royal Caribbean know if or when cancellations might occur. While you should not get your hopes up, go ahead a place your bid if you are interested in the upgrade.

Probably not, but check your credit card for a charge. That is the first sign of a RoyalUp win.

Doubtful. Among the female agent’s questions to me was the pronunciation of the last name on my passport. My response caused her face to tense until it became clear I was pronouncing my last name as she looked at my middle name. I pronounced it and explained that when I married I elected to use my maiden name as a middle name. The tension eased. She said she was currently engaged and deciding whether to change her name.

Once we left the ship separately. My husband did early walk off and went to fetch the car. I disembarked a bit later, collected the checked bag and then approached immigration alone. I was surprised how many more questions were asked when I was a solo, younger female vs part of a couple.

Why? Managers on the ship are not CBP agents.🤔

People who are not invited to bid they to bid report the standard error message. As Skiiergirl says it just “swirls” for her, she is currently in a different situation.

I’m using the old link without difficulty. I just checked it with a cruise with bids (my bids appeared after I entered name and res #) as well as one outside the bidding timeframe (got 30 day error etc, as expected). Have you tried using a different device, a different browser, clearing cache, etc?

Sigh…I tried to send this to FL departures but you’re pulling me back😉. I have never used them, but cruisetime parking is $10/day (min $50) including shuttle for up to 4. Several years ago there was a lot we found inexpensive, convenient and reliable. Their prices have risen, and both their terms and their location changed. Since the restart we have parked at the port. We have an upcoming cruise that will embark at one terminal and disembark at another per the PC schedule. We are considering parking off site in that case.

Since they are not exclusive to Royal Caribbean, you may find more information on off site parking on the Florida Departures Boards. I personally have not seen prices below $10 per day recently, and I cannot tell you about reliability. People from other cruiselines use the off site lots, so the Departure board is a place to discuss those lots.

Theoretically, but it rarely happens

😀 How old is Ryan?

Are you pouncing again?

Right now (as we do not know what may soon change), as a D you are eligible for a welcome beverage amenity. For diamonds the choices include can of soda or can/bottle of water or bottle of juice. Those choices expand when you hit D+. There are also other gifts for D+ and Pin

Your initial statement posited that most D+’s take 6-8 cruises per year minimum. That’s not the same as saying how many cruises the D+’s who converse with you (a retiree who takes almost entirely longer cruises) seem to brag about. You do not cruise with a representative cross section of D+ cruisers, as you do not take representative cruises, just longer ones. It is unlikely a representative cross section of D+ cruises talk to you as you likely interact most with those doing the same things at the same time. Even on that cruise you may never encounter: talk with a lot of D+’s. Furthermore when you are talking about your own high number of cruisers per year, some people exaggerate their own cruising in response. So, all in all, I have no confidence in your conversation based guess of how many cruises most D+ cruisers take per year.

It is unlikely that most D+ cruise 6-8 times per year minimum. Likely there are many D+ who cruise 1-4 times per year and gradually built up points over many years of cruising. CruiseCritic posts are not representative and naturally draw more posts from the high frequency cruisers.

I think the availability of the cabin you are bidding on and the amount of money you bid for that cabin matter a great deal. I think the general category you reserved also matters, though I suspect your invoice price makes little or no difference.

No, your two cruises have separate reservation numbers. You would have to bid separately for each cruise. You could win one cruise and lose the other. The offers one cruise may be different prices than the other. If you are interested you do not necessarily have to have an email to bid for the other cruise too Try to sign in with the other reservation number. Here is the link https://www.royalcaribbean.com/booked/cruise-room-upgrade

If you’d like to see it in writing from them, you could google “does (fill in the blank) participate in cruise bidding programs” It bugs some of their customers when they learn this, so we see posting about it on this board regularly. Next time you book, you’ll know in advance.

I think not. While none of us know the details of the RoyalUp algorithm, we have seen newbies, Pinnacles and everyone in between report both wins and losses.

There are phone numbers for their insurance desk on this contact list. I hope it helps. https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/General_Info/Flyers/13033980_Sales_Contact_List.pdf

Based on this FAQ, I thought the ETT also helped other guests. Perhaps not. Q What happens if I miss my boarding due to travel delays? Guests who miss their cruise due to travel delays can contact the Emergency Travel Team (ETT) to discuss their options going forward. In specific situations, when the guest has the proper documentation, it is possible to join the cruise at the next port of call, but all options must be discussed with ETT.